ClashWise
If you are evaluating AI clash management software, start with a clash test from your own project. Use the trial to check incomplete metadata, disputed priorities and the next model revision.
This checklist covers the work between detecting a clash and verifying its resolution.
It should fit your detection workflow
A coordination tool needs a clear place in your existing process. For a Navisworks team, that means keeping the test scope, tolerances and model revisions visible as results move into review.
ClashWise works with Navisworks: Navisworks detects the clashes, and ClashWise helps prepare, publish and coordinate the results. Ask which steps the software changes and what you must still check in Navisworks.
Recommendations should follow your project matrix
A priority is useful only if the team understands what it means. Start with the project's matrix: the classes being compared, the conditions that matter, the available priorities and the responsible contacts.
Wise uses AI to interpret clash data against that matrix and suggest priority, status and responsibility. Those suggestions need review. They are not a guarantee that identical-looking clashes will always receive the same answer, or that project risk can be decided from element types alone.
Naming is another useful application. ClashWise drafts titles from element metadata in 11 languages and offers six naming standards. Local naming is also available; check its settings and documented data handling before using it on restricted project data.
During a trial, inspect recommendations for incomplete data and unusual cases. Ask how you correct an answer, how the correction is recorded and what happens when the matrix changes.
Reviewed changes should return to Navisworks
Check the exact fields supported by the integration. ClashWise can bring supported status and assignment changes back into Navisworks. Do not assume every field, title or third-party annotation follows the same path.
Test the weekly cycle: publish a set, make a review decision, sync supported changes, update the source models, rerun the tests and update the same published set. Confirm that the clash references and decisions you need remain available.
A 14-day trial gives you a way to test that sequence with your own file and working practices.
The wider team needs a usable review view
Project managers and consultants may need to review clashes without opening Navisworks. Check what they can see, which permissions they need and whether the shared view includes enough context to make a decision.
ClashWise provides browser review and password-protected sharing. Coordination sessions record status, priority, contact and due-date edits while a session is Active. Minutes use those recorded changes and the decisions and action items you save; they do not capture an unrecorded conversation.
It should explain how it handles your data
Use the vendor's published documents to check:
- Where data is processed. Distinguish storage location, cloud inference, local processing and any audit metadata that still leaves the workstation.
- How project data is used. Check the training policy, retention periods, deletion process and terms for connected applications.
ClashWise publishes its security information, DPA summary, privacy policy and subprocessor list. Compare those documents with your project's requirements before connecting project data.
Compare the cost with one coordination cycle
Compare total cost for the people who edit, review and receive your results. Check feature allowances as well as seat prices; the cheapest headline price may cover a different workflow.
ClashWise's pricing page lists the local naming and cloud coordination plans. Use a trial to record time spent generating names, reviewing recommendations, correcting output and preparing handoffs. Include the review time when comparing the result with your current process.
The checklist
- Fits the Navisworks test and publication workflow
- Uses your matrix and makes recommendations reviewable
- Produces readable names from the available element data
- Syncs the documented fields through a repeat publication cycle
- Gives other reviewers the access and model context they need
- Explains processing, retention, training and connected-app behaviour
- States prices and allowances clearly enough to compare
Download the ClashWise plugin and test these points on one clash set. Keep a short record of what worked, what needed correction and what your team would still do manually.
Tags: AI, Clash Management, BIM Coordination, Software
